The Proposal Videos

Get a glimpse of the on-set antics with Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, and the cast of "The Proposal." Plus, watch a deleted scene from this summer's best romantic comedy.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is only the second Harry Potter film to open on a Wednesday, after 2007's Order of the Phoenix. By the Sunday of its opening weekend, Order of the Phoenix was looking at a pretty impressive $140 million, on its way to being the year's 5th highest grosser, and a solid #2 in the franchise. By the Sunday of its opening weekend, Half-Blood Prince has $160 million in its coffers, as well as a slew of rapturous reviews and positive fan responses. (Well, mostly. There will always be whining from Rowling purists who don't know what an adaptation is.) That raises a real possibility that Half-Blood Prince could dethrone current domestic franchise king Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which holds the top spot with $317 million. At the very least, it looks like it might be the only movie other than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to break the $300 million mark in 2009. (Transformers itself is already at $363 million -- #13 of all time! Christ!* -- and is looking unbeatable.) Br no took the tumble that its front-loaded opening weekend suggested (it made more than half its first weekend gross on the Friday of its release), dropping over 70% to fourth place. It will end up with around half of Borat's $129 million final number. The other summer comedies in circulation, The Hangover and The Proposal continue to hold up very well, with the former boosting from #6 to #5 in its seventh week of release. (500) Days of Summer, opening on 27 screens in advance of a steady expansion in the coming weeks, got off to a promising 12th place start with a per-screen average over $30K. The full top 12 after the jump.Filed under: New Releases, Box OfficeContinue reading Weekend Box Office: Let's See What This Mr. Potter Can Do Permalink | Email this | Comments

Who's winning the worldwide box office battle? This is the current top 10.

Sandra Bullock versus Ryan Reynolds.  The queen of romantic comedies might have finally met her match!  Host Grace Randolph finds out if Deadpool’s got a way with the ladies!

Sandra Bullock versus Ryan Reynolds.  The queen of romantic comedies might have finally met her match!  Host Grace Randolph finds out if Deadpool’s got a way with the ladies!

June 19 – 21st, 2009. Harold Ramis and Sandra Bullock try to revive their careers, and one succeeds! Find out who as host Grace Randolph gives you the latest box office report plus her own reviews of Year One and The Proposal!

June 26 – 28th 2009. Michael Bay rocks the box office as Transformers Revenge of the Fallen squashes the competition! Host Grace Randolph gives you the latest box office report plus her own review of Transformers 2!

June 26 28th, 2009. Michael Bay rocks the box office as Transformers Revenge of the Fallen squashes the competition! Host Grace Randolph gives you the latest box office report plus her own review of Transformers 2!

It may have seemed like an "off" week by summer standards in terms of releases, but two debuts and two strong holdovers meant that four films grossed $20 million or more, which is rare for a non-holiday weekend. The top dog, surprisingly, turned out to be The Proposal, which rode a genial marketing campaign and a set of sneak previews to $34 million dollars -- Sandra Bullock's best opening weekend ever, by far. (Related question: did Bullock "open" this movie? I'm inclined to think not, though it's a perfect role for her.) Year One is a bit tougher to read. Certainly with the Cera/Black/Ramis combination, it was expected to open bigger. Generally poor reviews didn't help; I haven't seen the film, so I'm a bit handicapped in the analysis. If I had to guess, I'd say that people saw it as a bit of a novelty item. Silliness can be hard to sell if it's not low-brow. But the weekend's real story, I'd say, is once again The Hangover, which stuck around in second place after dropping less than 20% in its third weekend. It's hard to find a precise analogue for it at this point; Box Office Mojo stretches with "R-rated summer comedy breakout," which category it will dominate after it speeds ahead of Wedding Crashers in about two weeks. The movie did add nearly 200 new screens; still, when people talk about word-of-mouth giving a movie legs, this is what they're hoping for. Meanwhile, Up is now pretty much running neck-in-neck with Finding Nemo for the title of highest-grossing Pixar release. It will be close. The full top 10 after the jump. Filed under: New Releases, Box OfficeContinue reading Weekend Box Office: 'The Proposal' Wins a Busy Weekend Permalink | Email this | Comments

If the summer movie season wasn't originally designed for guys, it's certainly been appropriated by them, both in theaters and behind the camera. Where the hottest months of the year once served as an even playing field for films of all kinds, they now operate with one edict in mind, bigger is always better, unless you're a shrewd enough filmmaker to find an opening and exploit it with a clever bit of counter-programming. Anne Fletcher hopes to be the exception that proves this rule with the release of The Proposal (which took the number one spot at the box office this past weekend with $34 million) a romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock. And while there's only two action scenes, one involving falling off of a boat and another about surviving a face-to-crotch attack by an overeager amateur stripper, the film seems poised to capture at least as many female hearts as its competition does male ones. Cinematical recently spoke to Fletcher via telephone to discuss her work on the film, which is her third directorial effort after the original Step Up and last year's 27 Dresses, in addition to talking about taking a film straight into summer's heart of darkness, she reflects on what if anything her gender means to the movies she makes, and speaks about an early '80s Spielberg movie that still proves inspirational (and it's none of the ones you might think).Filed under: Disney, InterviewsContinue reading Interview: 'The Proposal' Director Anne Fletcher Permalink | Email this | Comments